PCchips A16 User Manual page 27

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Motherboard User's Guide
CPU Internal Cache
All processors that can be installed in this motherboard use internal level 1 (L1)
cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for
better performance.
External Cache
Most processors that can be installed in this system use external level 2 (L2) cache
memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better
performance.
Quick Power On Self Test
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your system
start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that
your system hardware is operating smoothly.
First/Second/Third Boot Device
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your
system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
Boot Other Device
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating
system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and
Third boot devices.
Swap Floppy Drive
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item allows you to
swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B, and drive b
Becomes drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time.
You don't need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with
360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is
started.
Gate A20 Option
This item defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for an
earlier generation of processors. Leave this item at the default value.
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